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Law

South East Asian Law

The SOAS Library’s collection of printed materials on South East Asian law is shelved on Level D. Classmarks begin with the letter ‘A’ and fall within A345.9

There are various guides to researching South East Asian law:

Databases

LexisLibrary
Contains:

  • Case law from Singapore (1965 onwards), Malaysia (1955 onwards) and Brunei (1955 onwards)
  • Current legislation from Malaysia

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Index of Western language monographs, journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and anthologies on all parts of Asia published since 1971.

Web Resources

Worldlii – Asia
Provides links to free websites containing general legal information on Asia and for each country within each region. Provides links to primary resources (case law, legislation and constitutions) for each country, where available.

AsianLII

Asian Law Online
A free, online bibliographic database of books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses that relate to Asian legal systems. Produced by the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne.

Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Provides links to free websites containing general legal information on Pacific Islands. Provides links to primary resources (case law, legislation and constitutions) for each country, where available.

Need some extra help with your research?

SOAS students and staff may attend Library training sessions or arrange an individual training sessions with the subject librarian, Carly Lockett, via the booking link here or by emailing cl74@soas.ac.uk